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Threatened Species List

Mammals
Mammals

Birds
Birds

Reptiles
Reptiles

Amphibians
Amphibians

Fish
Fish

Invertebrates
Invertebrates

Plants
Plants

Mammals Mammals

Extinct  

Bettongia lesueur graii (pdf 426Kb)

Burrowing Bettong (inland subspecies)
Bettongia penicillata (pdf 512Kb) Brush-tailed Bettong
Chaeropus ecaudatus (pdf 412Kb) Pig-footed bandicoot
Dasyurus geoffroii (pdf 315Kb) Western Quoll
Lagorchestes asomatus (pdf 286Kb) Central Hare-wallaby
Leporillus apicalis (pdf 332Kb) Lesser Stick-nest Rat
Macrotis leucura (pdf 287Kb) Lesser Bilby
Myrmecobius fasciatus (pdf 285Kb) Numbat
Notomys amplus (pdf 446Kb) Short-tailed Hopping-mouse
Notomys longicaudatus (pdf 475Kb) Long-tailed Hopping-mouse
Onychogalea lunata (pdf 537Kb) Crescent Nailtail Wallaby
Perameles eremiana (pdf 288Kb) Desert Bandicoot
Phascogale calura (pdf 287Kb) Red-tailed Phascogale
Pseudomys fieldi (pdf 286Kb) Alice Springs Mouse
Extinct in the Wild  
Lagorchestes hirsutus (pdf 479Kb) Mala
Critically Endangered  
Dasyurus hallucatus (pdf 361Kb) Northern Quoll
Mesembriomys macrurus (pdf 329Kb) Golden-backed Tree-rat
Zyzomys palatalis (pdf 841Kb) Carpentarian Rockrat
Endangered  
Isoodon auratus (pdf 1.8Mb) Golden Bandicoot
Notomys cervinus (pdf 827Kb) Fawn Hopping-mouse
Notomys fuscus (pdf 758Kb) Dusky Hopping-mouse
Pseudantechinus mimulus (pdf 665Kb) Carpentarian Antechinus
Pseudomys australis (pdf 859Kb) Plains Rat
Trichosurus vulpecula vulpecula (pdf 405Kb) Common Brushtail Possum (Central Australian subspecies)
Zyzomys pedunculatus (pdf 456Kb) Central Rock-rat

Vulnerable

 
Conilurus penicillatus (pdf 645Kb) Brush-tailed Tree-rat
Dasycercus blythi (pdf 637Kb) Brush-tailed Mulgara
Dasycercus cristicauda (pdf 746Kb) Crest-tailed Mulgara
Hipposideros inornata (pdf 417Kb) Arnhem Leaf-nosed Bat
Macrotis lagotis (pdf 447Kb) Greater Bilby
Notomys aquilo (pdf 60Kb) Northern Hopping-mouse
Notoryctes typhlops (pdf 481Kb) Southern Marsupial Mole
Phascogale tapoatafa pirata (pdf 330Kb) Brush-tailed Phascogale
Rattus sordidus (pdf 471Kb) Canefield Rat
Sminthopsis butleri (pdf 471Kb) Butler's Dunnart
Sminthopsis longicaudata (pdf 290Kb) Long-tailed Dunnart
Zyzomys maini (pdf 65Kb) Arnhem Rock-rat

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in the NT

 
Balaenoptera borealis (pdf 306Kb) Sei Whale
Balaenoptera musclulus (pdf 474Kb) Blue Whale
Dasyuroides byrnei (pdf 430Kb) Kowari
Megaptera novaeangliae (pdf 579Kb) Humpback Whale
Petrogale lateralis (pdf 337Kb) Black-footed Rock Wallaby
Saccolaimus saccolaimus (pdf 309Kb) Bare-rumped Sheathtail Bat
Sminthopsis psammophila (pdf 309Kb) Sandhill Dunnart
Xeromys myoides (pdf 374Kb) Water Mouse (False Water-rat)

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Birds Birds

Extinct
Acanthiza iredalei (pdf 309Kb) Slender-billed Thornbill
Critically Endangered
Leipoa ocellata (pdf 749Kb) Malleefowl
Pezoporus occidentalis (pdf 567Kb) Night Parrot
Strepera versicolor versicolor (pdf 341Kb) Grey Currawong (western subspecies)
Endangered
Amytornis dorotheae (pdf 666Kb) Carpentarian Grasswren
Amytornis textilis (pdf 330Kb) Thick-billed Grasswren
Epthianura crocea tunneyi (pdf 559Kb) Yellow Chat
Erythrura gouldiae (pdf 1.4Mb) Gouldian Finch
Melanodryas cucullata melvillensis (pdf 322Kb) Tiwi Hooded Robin
Tyto novaehollandiae melvillensis (pdf 61Kb) Tiwi Masked Owl
Vulnerable
Amytornis woodwardi (pdf 490Kb) White-throated Grasswren
Ardeotis australis (pdf 397Kb) Australian Bustard
Dromaius novaehollandiae (pdf 1Mb) Emu
Falcunculus whitei (pdf 469Kb) Crested Shrike-tit
Erythrotriorchis radiatus (pdf 749Kb) Red Goshawk
Geophaps smithii (pdf 979Kb) Partridge Pigeon
Malurus coronatus macgillivrayi (pdf 924Kb) Purple-crowned Fairy-wren (western subspecies)
Polytelis alexandrae (pdf 375Kb) Princess Parrot
Rostratula benghalensis australis (pdf 830Kb) Painted Snipe
Tyto novaehollandiae kimberli Masked Owl

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

Drymodes superciliaris colcloughi (pdf 642Kb) Northern Scrub-Robin
Fregata andrewsi (pdf 219 Kb)

Christmas Frigatebird

Pedionomus torquatus (pdf 1Mb) Plains-wanderer

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Reptiles Reptiles

Endangered
Caretta caretta (pdf 633Kb) Loggerhead Turtle
Cryptoblepharus sp. (pdf 413Kb) (New Year and Oxley Islands)
Egernia obiri (pdf 535Kb) Arnhem Land Egernia
Egernia slateri (pdf 510Kb) Slater's skink
Vulnerable
Ctenotus rimacolus camptris (pdf 662Kb) VRD Blacksoil Ctenotus
Dermochelys coriacea (pdf 595Kb) Leatherback Turtle
Diplodactylus occultus (pdf 1.3Mb) Yellow-snouted Ground Gecko
Egernia kintorei (pdf 726Kb) Great Desert Skink
Morelia oenpelliensis (pdf 441Kb) Oenpelli Python
Varanus mertensi (pdf 514Kb) Merten's Water Monitor
Varanus panoptes (pdf 843Kb) Yellow-spotted Monitor

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

Chelonia mydas (pdf 592Kb) Green Turtle
Eleya lavarackorum turtle (pdf 415Kb) Gulf Snapping Turtle
Eretmochelys imbricata (pdf 577Kb) Hawksbill Turtle
Lepidochelys olivacea (pdf 376Kb) Olive Ridley Turtle
Natator depressus (pdf 618Kb) Flatback Turtle
Ophidiocephalus taeniatus (pdf 376Kb) Bronzeback

Amphibians Amphibians

Vulnerable
Uperoleia daviesae (pdf 621Kb) Howard Springs Toadlet

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Fish Fish

Endangered
Glyphis sp. C. (pdf 518Kb) Northern River Shark
Vulnerable
Chlamydogobius japalpa (pdf 522Kb) Finke Goby
Glyphis sp. A (pdf 1.17Mb) Speartooth Shark
Pingalla lorentzi (pdf 581Kb) Lorentz's Grunter
Pristis clavata (pdf 593Kb) Dwarf Sawfish
Pristis microdon (pdf 479Mb) Freshwater Sawfish
Pristis zijsron (pdf 447Kb) Green Sawfish
Scortum neili (pdf 1.05Mb) Angalarri Grunter

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

Carcharias taurus (pdf 388Kb) Grey Nurse Shark
Rhincodon typus (pdf 511Kb) Whale Shark

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Invertebrates Invertebrates

Critically Endangered
Mesodontrachia fitzroyana (pdf 489Kb) Snail
Sinumelon bednalli (pdf 296Kb) Snail
Endangered
Attacus wardi (pdf 420Kb) Atlas Moth
Croitana aestiva (pdf 328Kb) Desert sand skipper
Euploea alcathoe enastri (pdf 574Kb) Gove Crow Butterfly
Mesodontrachia desmonda (pdf 544Kb) Snail
Ogyris iphis doddi (pdf 364Kb) Dodd's Azure Butterfly
Ordtrachia australis (pdf 557Kb) Snail
Ordtrachia septentrionalis (pdf 497Kb) Snail
Semotrachia euzyga (pdf 301Kb) Snail
Vulnerable
Amphidromus cognatus (pdf 585Kb) Snail
Basedowena squamulosa (pdf 372Kb) Snail
Bothriembryon spenceri (pdf 478Kb) Snail
Dirutrachia sublevata (pdf 374Kb) Snail
Divellomelon hillieri (pdf 413Kb) Snail
Granulomelon arcigerens (pdf 396Kb) Snail
Granulomelon gilleni (pdf 819Kb) Snail
Granulomelon grandituberculatum (pdf 373Kb) Snail
Pillomena aemula (pdf 907Kb) Snail
Prototrachia sedula (pdf 553Kb) Snail
Semotrachia caupona (pdf 308Kb) Snail
Semotrachia elleryi (pdf 299Kb) Snail
Semotrachia emilia (pdf 293Kb) Snail
Semotrachia esau (pdf 308Kb) Snail
Semotrachia filixiana (pdf 304Kb) Snail
Semotrachia huckitta (pdf 302Kb) Snail
Semotrachia illarana (pdf 289Kb) Snail
Semotrachia jessiena (pdf 306Kb) Snail
Semotrachia jinkana (pdf 298Kb) Snail
Semotrachia rossana (pdf 305Kb) Snail
Semotrachia runutjirbana (pdf 291Kb) Snail
Semotrachia winneckeana (pdf 296Kb) Snail
Setobaudinia victoriana (pdf 525Kb) Snail
Trochomorpha melvillensis (pdf 397Kb) Snail
Vidumelon watti (pdf 300Kb) Snail

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Plants Plants

Critically Endangered
ELAEOCARPACEAE Elaeocarpus miegei (pdf 428Kb)
MIMOSACEAE Acacia sp. Graveside Gorge (pdf 505Kb)
Endangered
ANNONACEAE Xylopia monosperma (pdf 1.14Mb)
ARACEAE Typhonium jonesii (pdf 334Kb)
  Typhonium mirabile (pdf 674Kb)
  Typhonium taylori (pdf 559Kb)
ARECACEAE Ptychosperma macarthurii Darwin Palm (pdf 564Kb)
BURMANNIACEAE Burmannia sp. Bathurst Island (pdf 754Kb)
CLUSIACEAE Garcinia warrenii (pdf 318Kb)
CYPERACEAE Baumea arthrophylla (pdf 339Kb)
  Bolboschoenus caldwellii (pdf 699Kb)
HYMENOPHYLLACEAE Cephalomanes obscurum (pdf 718Kb)
LAURACEAE Cryptocarya hypospodia (pdf 329Kb)
MIMOSACEAE Acacia peuce Waddy Wood (pdf 386Kb)
ORCHIDACEAE Habenaria rumphii (pdf 422Kb)
RUBIACEAE Tarennoidea wallichii (pdf 428Kb)
SAPINDACEAE Toechima sp. East Alligator (pdf 329Kb)
STERCULIACEAE Helicteres sp. Glenluckie Ck (pdf 1.28Mb)
Vulnerable
ADIANTACEAE Adiantum capillus-veneris Venue-hair Fern (pdf 353Kb)
ANNONACEAE Mitrella tiwiensis (pdf 420Kb)
APIACEAE Actinotus schwarzii Flannel Flower (pdf 370Kb)
  Platysace saxatilis (pdf 341Kb)
ARECACEAE Livistona mariae subsp. mariae Red Cabbage Palm (pdf 420Kb)
ASCLEPIADACEAE Hoya australis subsp.oramicola (pdf 906Kb)
ASTERACEAE Minuria tridens (pdf 569Kb)
  Olearia macdonnellensis (pdf 337Kb)
CONVOLVULACEAE Ipomoea sp. Stirling (pdf 349Kb)
CUCURBITACEAE Mukia sp. Tobermorey Station (pdf 319Kb)
CYCADACEAE Cycas armstrongii (pdf 572Kb)
CYPERACEAE Eleocharis papillosa Dwarf Desert Spike-rush (pdf 660Kb)
  Mapania macrocephala (pdf 712Kb)
EUPHORBIACEAE Ricinocarpos gloria-medii Glory of the Centre (pdf 634Kb)
GLEICHENIACEAE Gleichenia sp. Victoria River (pdf 659Kb)
  Sticherus flabellatus var compactus (pdf 307Kb)
HERNANDIACEAE Hernandia nymphaeifolia (pdf 322Kb)
LAMIACEAE Wrixonia schultzii (pdf 643Kb)
LAURACEAE Endiandra limnophila (pdf 860Kb)
LENTIBULARIACEAE Utricularia dunstaniae (pdf 325Kb)
  Utricularia singeriana (pdf 348Kb)
MALVACEAE Hibiscus brennanii (pdf 537Kb)
  Hibiscus cravenii (pdf 1.08Mb)
MARATTIACEAE Angiopteris evecta (pdf 764Kb)
MELASTOMATACEAE Pternandra coerulescens (pdf 447Kb)
MIMOSACEAE Acacia latzii Latz's Wattle (pdf 375Kb)
  Acacia pickardii Birds Nest Wattle (pdf 439Kb)
  Acacia praetermissa (pdf 866Kb)
  Acacia undoolyana Undoolya Wattle (pdf 405Kb)
MYOPORACEAE Eremophila sp. Valley Rainbow, Valley Fuschia Bush (pdf 576Kb)
MYRTACEAE Lithomyrtus linariifolia (pdf 930Kb)
  Thryptomene hexandra Palm Valley Myrtle (pdf 395Kb)
ORCHIDACEAE Calochilus caeruleus (pdf 327Kb)
  Luisia teretifolia (pdf 939Kb)
  Malaxis latifolia (pdf 323Kb)
  Malaxis marsupichila (pdf 985Kb)
  Thrixspermum congestum (pdf 587Kb)
  Zeuxine oblonga (pdf 566Kb)
PANDANACEAE Freycinetia excelsa (pdf 664Kb)
  Freycinetia percostata (pdf 336Kb)
POACEAE Triodia fitzgeraldii (pdf 324Kb)
PONTEDERIACEAE Monochoria hastata (pdf 1.40Mb)
RUTACEAE Boronia quadrilata (pdf 366Kb)
  Boronia viridiflora (pdf 428Kb)
SANTALACEAE Dendromyza reinwardtiana (pdf 2.12Mb)
  Santalum acuminatum (pdf 505Kb)
TILIACEAE Schoutenia ovata (pdf 328Kb)

Commonwealth listed;

Not threatened in NT

 
ARECACEAE

Arenga australasica  (pdf 626 Kb)

CYPERACEAE Eleocharis retroflexa (pdf 416Kb)
EUPHORBIACEAE Sauropus filicinus (pdf 911Kb)
GOODENIACEAE Goodenia quadrifida (pdf 381Kb)
POACEAE Ectrosia blakei (pdf 408Kb)
SOLANACEAE Solanum carduiforme (pdf 303Kb)
ZAMIACEAE Macrozamia macdonnellii (pdf 1Mb)

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